Why is storing the mail on the server an undesirable trait? Can you set up your own system with IMAP running? Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Kline" <list at slushpupie.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:37 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] mail clients > The only problem with IMAP is the mail is stored on the server, which at the > moment is an undesirable trait. I get the same basic functionality by having > several POP accounts. > > On Thursday 29 November 2001 10:17 am, you wrote: > > On your mail server, or the machine you read your mail from, setup imaps. > > mkdir ~/mail. Use fetchmail to get mail from other servers. Use procmail to > > sort your mail into folders under ~/mail. Configure imap mail clients to > > use ~/mail as your folder prefix. > > > > At anyrate, kmail seems to use mbox format. So you could use any imap > > client or pine or whatever to access kmail's folders. I perfer just using > > IMAP so I can switch mail clients on a whim and not worry about losing > > mail. :) > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >